Nicolas Maurice Arthus

Nicolas Maurice Arthus ( born January 9, 1862 in Angers, † February 24, 1945 in Fribourg ) was a French physiologist and the discoverer of the eponymous Arthus phenomenon.

He studied medicine in Paris and in 1890 lecturer in physiology at the Sorbonne. In 1896 he was appointed professor at the University of Freiburg, where he became professor of physiology, four years later he went as chief of laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Lille. From 1903, the year in which he discovered the Arthus phenomenon, he worked as a professor at the École de Médecine in Marseille; 1907 to 1932 he was Professor and Director of the Physiological Institute in Lausanne, he was one of its founders. Until his death, he was then appointed Head of the Department of Bacteriology and Hygiene in Fribourg.

His research focus has been on the topics of clotting and toxicology of snake and bee venoms and anaphylaxis. He has published about 200 papers on these topics.

Selections

• Précis de chimie physiologique, 1895
• Précis de physiology, 1901
• De l' anaphylaxis à l' immunité, 1921